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Chelydra

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Genus of turtles

Chelydra
Chelydra serpentina
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Chelydridae
Genus:Chelydra
Schweigger, 1812[1]
Type species
Chelydra serpentina
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Chelydra is one of the twoextantgenera of thesnapping turtle family,Chelydridae, the other beingMacrochelys, the much largeralligator snapping turtle.[1] The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, withChelydra having threespecies, one inNorth America and two inCentral America, one of which is also found in northwesternSouth America.

Species

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The genusChelydra has the following species:[1][2]

APliocene-agedChelydra fossil skeleton fromFlorida (FLMNH)

The three extantChelydra species were once all considered to be several subspecies ofChelydra serpentina, along with a fourth subspecies in Florida,Chelydra serpentina osceola.[3]C. s. osceola is now considered to be synonymous withC. serpentina.[1]

References

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  1. ^abcdefgRhodin, Anders G.J.; Inverson, John B.; Roger, Bour; Fritz, Uwe; Georges, Arthur; Shaffer, H. Bradley; van Dijk, Peter Paul (August 3, 2017)."Turtles of the world, 2050 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status(8th Ed.)"(PDF).Chelonian Research Monographs.7.ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. RetrievedOctober 4, 2019.
  2. ^abcdRhodin, A.G.J.; Thomson, S.; Georgalis, G.; Karl, H.-V.; Danilov, I.G.; Takahashi, A.; de la Fuente, M.S.; Bourque, J.R.; Delfino M.; Bour, R.; Iverson, J.B.; Shaffer, H.B.; van Dijk, P.P.; et al. (Turtle Extinctions Working Group) (2015)."Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians".Chelonian Research Monographs.5 (8): 000e.1–66.doi:10.3854/crm.5.000e.fossil.checklist.v1.2015.hdl:11336/62240.
  3. ^Phillips, Christopher A.; Dimmick, Walter W.; Carr, John L. (April 1996)."Conservation Genetics of the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina)".Conservation Biology.10 (2):397–405.Bibcode:1996ConBi..10..397P.doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020397.x.ISSN 0888-8892.
Turtle familyChelydridae
Genus
Species of the familyChelydridae
Chelydra
Chelydrops
Chelydropsis
Emarginachelys
Macrocephalochelys
Macrochelys
Planiplastron
Protochelydra
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
  
 
Chelydra
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